Search Results: Authors starting with E from Chartwell Booksellers

London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. For the most part Vulliamy does not spare the commanders in one of the worst managed campaigns in the British Empire’s history. A fine copy, corners slightly bumped, in slightly chipped dust jacket. (368p., 12 illus., folding map in rear, biblio., index.)

London: John Murray, 1976. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (241 pages, 22 illustrations, diagram.). The author’s experiences as a Blenheim fighter-bomber pilot, flying daylight anti-shipping raids from Malta in 1940. A very good copy, corners slightly bumped, in dust jacket with slightly soiled spine and worn corners.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (176 pages). As-new, in an unclipped dust jacket. A clipping of the New York Times book review, dated June 24, 2010, is laid-in at the rear.

Sparkford, England: Haynes, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (272 pages; illustrated with photographs). This is an excellent copy of the first edition, in an unclipped dust jacket.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press,, 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (336 pages). As-new, in dust jacket.

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Legislation, finance, industry, labor, relief, etc. A very good ex-library copy: library markings on spine, front end paper & title page, library book plate on front paste-down, pocket on front end paper; slight wear to edges, text clean, binding tight. (508p., many tables [2 folding], biblio., index.)

London: Cambridge at the University Press, 1957. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (625 pages, notes, index). An excellent general reference on “a period of changing alliances and limited and gentlemanly but frequent wars [giving] particular weight to the emergence of Prussia and Russia as European Powers and to the rivalry of France and England in America.” A very good copy, in worn price-clipped dust jacket with several closed tears, gilt lettering on spine bright, boards slightly shelf-worn, contents clean and bright, binding sound.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1890. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (186 pages, 3 plates). A very good copy, front cover slightly rubbed, spine head chipped, uncut, published without dust jacket.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1988. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (533 pages, with 426 illustrations, 76 in color). As-new, in dust jacket.

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Every conceivable Home-Front subject, including public opinion, mobilization & legislation. A very good ex-lib. copy: library markings on spine, front end paper & title page, library boook plate on front pastedown, pocket on front end paper; light wear to edges, text clean, binding tight. (522p., index.)

New York: Alfred A Knopf,, 1982. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (358 pages, profusely illustrated). A very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. Virtually mint.

NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. First American Paperback Edition (Cohen A287.2) (Za475). Paperback. Very Good. 8vo (676, 774 and 742 pages, respectively.). This is a very good set of the First American Paperback edition, as issued in the original red card slipcase. The books are virtually mint, save for a previous owner’s monogram blindstamp on the first two pages of each book and one slightly crunched page edge. The slipcase is lightly worn, with some separation and crunching along the upper left edge, else fine.

NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984. First American Edition Set (Cohen A287.1.a) (Za475). Hardcover in Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo (676, 774 & 742 pages). A very good set, in unclipped dust jackets. Virtually mint.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press , 1997. First American Edition (Cohen A297). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (397 pages). A fascinating epistolary chronicle of business and friendship between the enterprising owner of the independent press service known as Cooperation and his favorite writer/client, Winston Churchill. Emery Reves forcefully placed Churchill’s pro-democracy articles in newspapers around the world during the years leading up to World War II, then acted as his agent following the war negotiating the publication of Churchill’s war memoirs and his History of the English-Speaking Peoples. This mint copy of the First American edition in dust jacket, has been inscribed and signed by the editor, Sir Martin Gilbert: “To --with the author’s very warm regards, as ever, Martin. Boston, Publication Day, 12th November 1997.” Also laid-in is a signed presentation slip “With Compliments” from the International Churchill Society.

Vancouver: The University of British Columbia Press, 1988. First Canadian Edition Intrepid. Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. A very good copy, in dust jacket. (411 pgs., 27 Illus.)

Mexico: Editorial RM , 2006. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (164 pages) . As-new copy of the First American edition in dust jacket.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1955. First English Edition (Za170) (R126). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (222 pages, over 400 illustrations). The very first Churchill photobiography and an excellent one, with illuminating captions by his son Randolph. This First English edition copy, in an unclipped dust jacket, is inscribed and signed in ink by Randolph Churchill on the front free endpaper to Pamela Harriman, his first wife and the mother of his son, Winston: “Pamela with love from Randolph 20 May 1955.” Laid-in loosely, as well, is a card dated and signed: “Randolph S. Churchill 1888,” by Randolph’s namesake, his father’s father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The book is in very good condition, with a bit of bumping to the spine, and cloth that is just faintly sunned. The contents are fine. The original dust jacket is quite worn, with a rectangular loss of almost three inches at the left corner of the front face. The spine has been taped in a number of places. We have preserved this dust… Read More

New York: Billboard Publications Inc, 1983. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (240 pages, 210 color plates, plus numerous in black & white). A very good copy in a shelfworn dust jacket.

New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2001. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (225 pages, numerous illustration, notes, index.). In an attempt to confront a war that escapes the dichotomous categories of good and bad, the editors have brought together a range of writing and photographic evidence that reveals the incredibly complex nature of war and our often ambivalent relationship to conflict. A fine copy, without dust jacket, gilt lettering bright, spine head very slightly bumped, binding tight, contents clean.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1955. First English Edition (Za170) (R126). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (222 pages, over 400 illustrations). An excellent Churchill photobiography, with illuminating captions by his son Randolph. This is a very good copy of the First English edition in a price-clipped dust jacket that has fractional losses at the spine head and tail, else fine. The contents are fine.